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with the obama campaign. with the democrats in terms of them labeling mitt romney as more of a right wing person. more in line with house republicans. but so now you have him coming out and shifting some position on, as you said, healthcare, seeming to hug the president all last night on foreign policy and then on immigration, even softening his stance there. talking about abortion in a different way. emphasizing different things. much to the dismay of some conservatives. i think last night you saw conservatives get kicked under the bus. but i think at this point republicans are sensing that mitt romney is the only one that has some momentum. if you look at certain national polls at least. and they feel like they can look away from what had been his shifting more moderate stances. now the democrats' challenges are to say no, no, no. this isn't the real mitt romney. the moderate mitt romney as bill clinton has said. where you been, boy? the real mitt romney is the one who had expressed much more conservative -
with the obama campaign. with the democrats in terms of them labeling mitt romney as more of a right wing person. more in line with house republicans. but so now you have him coming out and shifting some position on, as you said, healthcare, seeming to hug the president all last night on foreign policy and then on immigration, even softening his stance there. talking about abortion in a different way. emphasizing different things. much to the dismay of some conservatives. i think last night you...
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nobody pounded harder than barack obama or worked harder than barack obama. it's a great day to celebrate! let's do it together! victory! >> bill: we did it, yes indeed, good morning it's the morning after, wednesday november 7, welcome to the full court press on this big big day here on current tv. we did it again we put barack obama back in the white house for four more years. it's exactly what we wanted. it's what we've been working for for the last two years. it's what we've been praying for, we made it happen and it's so great because it's just what this country needs to move forward with barack obama's agenda and republicans had better realize it and cooperate this time and stop stabbing barack obama in the back. it's a great victory friends. you're all part of it, enjoy it, cell bray it with a big smile all day today. we'll talk every aspect of last night's election, the white house, senate and the house. first here's the latest, today's current tv update from lisa ferguson in los angeles. good morning. >> hey bill, good morning everyone. a great victo
nobody pounded harder than barack obama or worked harder than barack obama. it's a great day to celebrate! let's do it together! victory! >> bill: we did it, yes indeed, good morning it's the morning after, wednesday november 7, welcome to the full court press on this big big day here on current tv. we did it again we put barack obama back in the white house for four more years. it's exactly what we wanted. it's what we've been working for for the last two years. it's what we've been...
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here's what president obama said during the debates back in 2007. >> obama: we've got to make sure we have an effective emergency response, something this administration failed to do when we had a hurricane in new orleans. i think we have to review how we operate in the event of not only a natural disaster, but also a terrorist attack. >> cenk: it turns out he was right and preparedness is very, very important, in fact getting high praise from this gentlemen all week long. >> he has worked very, voluntary closely with me and i can't thank the president enough for working with our state and the people of our state. >> cenk: that has made rush limbaugh very, very angry. >> chris christie is the only republican not just praising obama. i mean, it's -- it's -- let me just put it this way. is it wrong for one man to love another man? but that man-love out there it's isolated to the state of new jersey. >> cenk: man i love that, because when chris christie is being a tough guy and conservative and right wing, man, that's a man's man yelling at people and mad. when he embraces the president
here's what president obama said during the debates back in 2007. >> obama: we've got to make sure we have an effective emergency response, something this administration failed to do when we had a hurricane in new orleans. i think we have to review how we operate in the event of not only a natural disaster, but also a terrorist attack. >> cenk: it turns out he was right and preparedness is very, very important, in fact getting high praise from this gentlemen all week long. >>...
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obama. i get the sense that he might go to ohio a couple of times. tell me about it. >> but a look at the rest of his campaign schedule makes the buckeye state look like an airline hub for air force hub through election day. for his part mitt romney is not only focusing on ohio but also hoping to win over wisconsin. he's looking to broaden the battleground map campaigning sunday and visiting new hampshire twice, the smallest swing state that may be edging in mr. romney's direction. >> cenk: all right, now where is it edging? lucky for you we have the numbers. latest polls 50%-47% in favor of president obama in ohio! now what did i tell you was key to the election night? you're going to look out for owin. that's "o" as in ohio "w" which is, "i," in "with a and nevada. they are there with the two two first baptist church to four-point--there with two two- two- to four-point lead. mark hamil, ana kasparian michael shure, jayar jackson get going. >> when i get rattled with these polls, and andre
obama. i get the sense that he might go to ohio a couple of times. tell me about it. >> but a look at the rest of his campaign schedule makes the buckeye state look like an airline hub for air force hub through election day. for his part mitt romney is not only focusing on ohio but also hoping to win over wisconsin. he's looking to broaden the battleground map campaigning sunday and visiting new hampshire twice, the smallest swing state that may be edging in mr. romney's direction....
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so did julian castro and michelle obama. and bill the lesson that clint eastwood taught america if you are in a debate with an empty chair, you have got to win the debate. yeah, i guess that was the first debate of this election. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: hey, good morning, everybody, good to see you this morning, and welcome to the "full court press," on this wednesday september 5th, coming to you live on current tv all the way across this great land of ours again from charlotte, north carolina capitol of the democratic national convention, and day two of the democratic national convention. what a great night last night. julian castro, giving the keynote speech and michelle obama giving the most powerful speech of the night. we'll hear from elizabeth warren and vice president joe biden here tonight. what a difference between here and charlotte, and the lackluster event in tampa last week. we'll have randi weingarten. but first the current tv update from lisa ferguson. >> hi bill. good morning, everyone. the dny continu
so did julian castro and michelle obama. and bill the lesson that clint eastwood taught america if you are in a debate with an empty chair, you have got to win the debate. yeah, i guess that was the first debate of this election. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: hey, good morning, everybody, good to see you this morning, and welcome to the "full court press," on this wednesday september 5th, coming to you live on current tv all the way across this great land of ours again from...
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under obama 77.9% increase. they have to be ecstatic with obama. but they're not. it's never enough. more more, more, more. and obama has the nerve to once slightly criticize them. this is what he said. >> did i not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >> cenk: oh, my god how can he call them fat cats! you are fat cats! even if you think you're doing the right thing you're enormously wealthy. that's what a fat cat is. boo-hoo their feelings were hurt. the business who gave president obama $14.5 million in the last election cycle all of a sudden redirecting that money to mitt romney. romney has $18.3 million that he's raising from wall street, and president obama is down to $5.5 million, which is still a ton of money but still $9 million less than he raised last time from wall street. in order to talk about this, etc. bring in an exert. bill cohen. he has best selling book "money and power: how goldman sachs came to rule the world" great to have you again. >> always great to be here. >> cenk: is it that stupid fat cat--i don't
under obama 77.9% increase. they have to be ecstatic with obama. but they're not. it's never enough. more more, more, more. and obama has the nerve to once slightly criticize them. this is what he said. >> did i not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >> cenk: oh, my god how can he call them fat cats! you are fat cats! even if you think you're doing the right thing you're enormously wealthy. that's what a fat cat is. boo-hoo their feelings...
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"the obama hate machine." i spell it all out about the koch brothers, the paperback edition of my latest book out now in the book stores and if you want a signed copy, go to our web site at billpressshow.com and tell us how you want it inscribed to yourself or a friend or colleague and we'll get it out to you right away. book and mailing and shipping and all of that for just $16.99. we're trying to figure out what's wrong with white males. if you look across the board today, women obama up double digits. latinos up way way way multiple double digits. among african-americans he's up among seniors young people. mitt romney leads barack obama only among white males. what the hell's wrong with us. terry is in kalispell montana. hi terry. >> caller: how are you bill? thanks for taking my call. bill, i spent 20 years in the army. i'm a retired army first sergeant. my last assignment was at fort ord. i'm familiar with the area around there seaside and the like. i've had a lot of black people work for me. a lot of whi
"the obama hate machine." i spell it all out about the koch brothers, the paperback edition of my latest book out now in the book stores and if you want a signed copy, go to our web site at billpressshow.com and tell us how you want it inscribed to yourself or a friend or colleague and we'll get it out to you right away. book and mailing and shipping and all of that for just $16.99. we're trying to figure out what's wrong with white males. if you look across the board today, women...
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obama did. that's interesting. finally, do you know if you lose two percentage points in an election, it reduces your chance of winning a popular vote by 33%. so if you lose just twonts based on racism, that will effect an entire election. so that's why it's an absolutely critical issue for the 2012 election. now let me bring on a guess. sheryl, one of the cofounders of jack and jill politics.com. sheryl, it's great to have you hear. the resurfaced the survey because they said, look, in 2008 president obama had actually really for a democrat an ideal situation. tailwind behind him. the iraq war was a disaster. the economy was a disaster. that's part of why he won by such a comfortable margin. if it's a tight race then race might make more of a difference. what do you think of that theory? >> well, it's clear that race conditions to becontinues to be an issue for barack obama and he has largely avoided racial topics because of it. he wants to be seen as president of the people. that has left the african-american com
obama did. that's interesting. finally, do you know if you lose two percentage points in an election, it reduces your chance of winning a popular vote by 33%. so if you lose just twonts based on racism, that will effect an entire election. so that's why it's an absolutely critical issue for the 2012 election. now let me bring on a guess. sheryl, one of the cofounders of jack and jill politics.com. sheryl, it's great to have you hear. the resurfaced the survey because they said, look, in 2008...
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i mean obama how can we be lose to go obama? that's crazy, we should get out of politics. >> laura ingraham continues. >> if you can't beat barack obama with this record, then shut down the party. shut it down! start new with new people. because this is a gimme election or at least it should be. >> they are so blinded by their hatred they can't see any other possibility. we hate obama so much how could you be losing to him? they feel everybody must hate him as much as we do. everybody is not quite as racist as you guys are. i know it comes as a giant shock to you and your candidate sucks. your new ideas give tax breaks to the rich. i didn't see that coming. rush limbaugh joins. >> if obama wins, it's the ends of conservatism. no, it's the end of the republican party. >> they're like how can we be losing to that guy again. how can we lose to a black guy twice? it's not just about race. the reality is they have no new ideas. the american people don't like their ideas but they can't get it through their thick skull. who's fault is
i mean obama how can we be lose to go obama? that's crazy, we should get out of politics. >> laura ingraham continues. >> if you can't beat barack obama with this record, then shut down the party. shut it down! start new with new people. because this is a gimme election or at least it should be. >> they are so blinded by their hatred they can't see any other possibility. we hate obama so much how could you be losing to him? they feel everybody must hate him as much as we do....
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. >> an amore assertive president obama. >> obama clearly had a good night. >> it was an act of terror. >> he did call it an act of terror. >> on the question of libya both the president and romney were wrong. >> i'm still trying to get the hang of this thing debating. >> time for him to put together a vision of what he did in the final four years. >> i'll keep improving as time goes on. i have one left. >> we have this show. >> cenk: i hear you on that. although you didn't love what you heard last night. the script began as it did in the first debate as it did between mitt romney and abraham. mitt romney came out strong. here's what happened in the first question. >> romney: i know what it takes to create good jobs again. i know what it takes to make sure that you have the kind of opportunity that you deserve and kids across this country are going to recognize we're bringing back an economy. it's not going to be like the last four years. the middle class has been crushed over the last four years, and jobs have been too square. when do you graduate? 2014 when you come out in 2014 i pre
. >> an amore assertive president obama. >> obama clearly had a good night. >> it was an act of terror. >> he did call it an act of terror. >> on the question of libya both the president and romney were wrong. >> i'm still trying to get the hang of this thing debating. >> time for him to put together a vision of what he did in the final four years. >> i'll keep improving as time goes on. i have one left. >> we have this show. >> cenk:...
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president, have you looked at your pension. >> obama: i don't look at my pension. it's not big as yours, it doesn't take me long. >> eliot: and romney struggled over the strike that killed four americans in ben gas did i. >> obama: the day after the attack i stood in the rose garden and told the american people of the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened. that this was an act of day after the attack that it was an act of terror? it was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you're saying? >> obama: please proceed governor. >> romney: i want to make sure that we have that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the event in bengahzi an act of terror. >> he did call it an act of terror. >> obama: could you say that louder, candy. >> he did call it an act of color. >> eliot: this is what he said after the attacks of bengahzi. >> no acts of terror will shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for. >> eliot: this morning both running mates clai
president, have you looked at your pension. >> obama: i don't look at my pension. it's not big as yours, it doesn't take me long. >> eliot: and romney struggled over the strike that killed four americans in ben gas did i. >> obama: the day after the attack i stood in the rose garden and told the american people of the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened. that this was an act of day after the attack that it was an act of terror? it was not a spontaneous...
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i met barack obama. and i'm the type of person, i vote for the person that i feel can represent our country the best. >> john: okay. >> caller: so i picked barack obama. because he -- i met the man. i met him. shook his hand. he seemed to me to be the best choice. >> john: you're not the only republican to have made that crossover. >> caller: i'm going to tell you guys something. i've been -- as a republican, i've been to our republican meetings and stuff. i'm telling you, we're so misinformed. we are. we are misinformed about everything that's going on. >> john: isn't that a little bit on purpose adrian? >> caller: i'm going to be honest with you. there are some points where i actually question it because i would always say like they said our job is we want to get obama out of office. and we want mitt romney to represent the republican party. i actually got hounded at because i was like okay, so what are good things we can talk about romney? and everybody was looking at me like well, he's our leader. i
i met barack obama. and i'm the type of person, i vote for the person that i feel can represent our country the best. >> john: okay. >> caller: so i picked barack obama. because he -- i met the man. i met him. shook his hand. he seemed to me to be the best choice. >> john: you're not the only republican to have made that crossover. >> caller: i'm going to tell you guys something. i've been -- as a republican, i've been to our republican meetings and stuff. i'm telling...
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ohio goes -- >> for obama. >> jennifer: ohio goes for obama. >> now obama needs -- if he gets florida, it's all over. let's say he doesn't get florida. he only needs two more states of all of the yellow states. if obama wins ohio, he only needs two more states. which means -- let's flip it. the path to romney is really difficult. >> jennifer: look at this. if obama wins florida check this out. romney has to win north carolina virginia, new hampshire, ohio, wisconsin iowa colorado and nevada. he's got -- if obama wins florida, romney has got to run the table. and then he only wins by two electoral votes. >> if you're obama and you're romney, i would rather be obama right now. the math works better. this doesn't mean obama is going to win. nobody sit on their butts and forget to vote but florida and ohio are absolute -- almost absolute must wins. >> jennifer: now wisconsin you've got -- in fact, in this case wisconsin i'll put as a red because of paul ryan. however -- >> hometown boy. >> jennifer: paul ryan has started to run campaign ads for his congressional seat. does that put wiscon
ohio goes -- >> for obama. >> jennifer: ohio goes for obama. >> now obama needs -- if he gets florida, it's all over. let's say he doesn't get florida. he only needs two more states of all of the yellow states. if obama wins ohio, he only needs two more states. which means -- let's flip it. the path to romney is really difficult. >> jennifer: look at this. if obama wins florida check this out. romney has to win north carolina virginia, new hampshire, ohio, wisconsin iowa...
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bronco obama. >> i love that. bronco obama. >> stephanie: lee ann says i've posted cookies and freedom on my facebook page. i hope to smell cookies and freedom tomorrow. me too! aisha tyler said the president smells like cookies and cream. >> speaking of that, the sexy liberal documentary was on current last night. i watched it for the first time. >> stephanie: how is it? >> it's quite lovely. >> stephanie: thank you. >> and i had no idea that jim and i were in the closing credits. we got special thanks, jim. >> stephanie: i didn't authorize that. i probably was drunk though. >> probably. >> stephanie: have i mentioned mitt romney has a campaign based entirely on lies including the latest chrysler ad that chrysler had to say he's full of [ bleep ] since when has a major car company had to say this guy is full of [ bleep ] just saying this guy will lie to you. ♪ >> oh, that '70s -- >> '60s. ♪ you see this guy ♪ ♪ this guy will lie to you ♪ ♪ yes i'm a liar ♪ ♪ who wants red states to not turn blue â
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president obama talking about how he spent his day before the debate. >> obama: earlier today i went shopping at some stores in mid town. i understand governor romney went shopping poor some stores in mid town. >> bill: and then romney got in a good shot at president obama. >> romney: big bird didn't even see it coming. [ laughter ] >> romney: and by the way, in the spirit of sesame street, the president's remarks tonight are brought to you by the letter "o" and the number 16 trillion. >> bill: it pays to have a good comedy writer. >> they have to have a good delivery. romney did a very good job. they programmed the romney bot for humor last night. >> bill: what's your read on massachusetts? >> well, scott brown's going to have to get one in every six voters who backs obama. he's run a very good campaign, but, you know, mitt romney does not help him. scott brown supports mitt romney. i think that's a toss up. those debates have been great. they have gone after each other i mean, made very good policy points. that one i think may not even be decided on election day. we may have to wai
president obama talking about how he spent his day before the debate. >> obama: earlier today i went shopping at some stores in mid town. i understand governor romney went shopping poor some stores in mid town. >> bill: and then romney got in a good shot at president obama. >> romney: big bird didn't even see it coming. [ laughter ] >> romney: and by the way, in the spirit of sesame street, the president's remarks tonight are brought to you by the letter "o"...
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or one point obama. and two, on the battleground polls, the latest ones i saw from cbs last night president obama up in virginia, up in ohio up in i think the others were tied in florida. >> it was virginia florida and ohio. >> bill: yeah, right. why the difference between them and what's going on? how do you read it? this is your last chance before election day so -- >> i think this has been one of the most frustrating elections because the polling has been so schizophrenic. >> bill: people are worried. >> between national and state. here's what i would say. listen i think the president you know, is now in a stronger position to win. that doesn't necessarily mean he will win. and the reason i qualify that is because underneath all of the polls and particular state polls are assumptions about likely voters meaning what is the turnout going to be. i can tell you looking at the demographic breakdowns, it is really simple. if minority turnout in particular amongst blacks, hispanics, young voters is not as h
or one point obama. and two, on the battleground polls, the latest ones i saw from cbs last night president obama up in virginia, up in ohio up in i think the others were tied in florida. >> it was virginia florida and ohio. >> bill: yeah, right. why the difference between them and what's going on? how do you read it? this is your last chance before election day so -- >> i think this has been one of the most frustrating elections because the polling has been so schizophrenic....
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if obama wins re-election, obama is going to be negotiating with probably a republican house and with probably a democratic-controlled senate but a senate where there will be more than 40 republicans who could full filibuster. now if murdoch wins then every republican in the united states senate will be terrified of a primary from a murdoch type, they won't do a thing to compromise with the president. but if murdoch loses then a lot of republicans in the united states senate are going to say well, that kind of tea party politics doesn't work. i can repel such a challenge, and that gives them a little bit more room to maneuver and compromise with the president. i think that's really the most important senate race. >> eliot: michael, i think that is exquisitely important analysis and exactly right. which way the republican party leans after next tuesday does it determine it needs to cut back to the middle and negotiate? or does it feel that the tea party is exactly the most important question of how congress acts and whether or not the president gets things done over the next couple of
if obama wins re-election, obama is going to be negotiating with probably a republican house and with probably a democratic-controlled senate but a senate where there will be more than 40 republicans who could full filibuster. now if murdoch wins then every republican in the united states senate will be terrified of a primary from a murdoch type, they won't do a thing to compromise with the president. but if murdoch loses then a lot of republicans in the united states senate are going to say...
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romney and ryan want to blame obama. but obama has not proposed them. >> exactly. people wanted to figure out a way to reduce the deficit, so they agreed to this automatic spending cuts that would take effect in 2013 -- >> in the special joint committee didn't come up with a plan. >> exactly. >> both sides have said this is not a good thing, so this is not a popular policy. and this is a -- >> bill: a club or a threat or something? >> exactly. it's like a blunt instrument to try to get congress come to the table. so there's the question what is the agreement going to be? >> bill: right, so republicans are going to have to give on revenues, except some new revenues, correct? it has to be some balanced approach? >> right. >> bill: do you agree with that? >> it depends some of the senator have said they would be open to closing loopholes or not necessarily raising tax rates but finding ways to unravel the sequester. it remains to be seen even though everyone agrees this is bad policy how it will actually work. >> bill: is it possible to resolve this and still continue
romney and ryan want to blame obama. but obama has not proposed them. >> exactly. people wanted to figure out a way to reduce the deficit, so they agreed to this automatic spending cuts that would take effect in 2013 -- >> in the special joint committee didn't come up with a plan. >> exactly. >> both sides have said this is not a good thing, so this is not a popular policy. and this is a -- >> bill: a club or a threat or something? >> exactly. it's like a...
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that's what president obama was saying. that we all built it together because of all the integral parts of the government intertwining all the things that we do in our lives. president obama has had enough on this. he has recorded his own ad calling them out. >> obama: those ads taking my words about small business out of context. they're flat out wrong. of course people built their own businesses. they make a payroll create jobs and make our economy run. >> cenk: that's clear. i'm sure romney won't doing it again. he will? let's watch. >> romney: the president does, in fact, believe that people who build enterprises like this really aren't responsible for it. but in fact, if the collective success of all society builds enterprises like this. >> cenk: lie, lie, lie. they do it on purpose. they know what he's referring to, and they don't give a damn. mitt romney is putting together a campaign across 24 different states where he brings in business owners who say we did build this, and of course there is an analysis on that an
that's what president obama was saying. that we all built it together because of all the integral parts of the government intertwining all the things that we do in our lives. president obama has had enough on this. he has recorded his own ad calling them out. >> obama: those ads taking my words about small business out of context. they're flat out wrong. of course people built their own businesses. they make a payroll create jobs and make our economy run. >> cenk: that's clear. i'm...
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i'll tell you what, number three comes from the big guy himself president obama. >> obama: all they had to offer is the same prescriptions they've had the last 30 years. have a surplus? try to tax cut. deficit too high? try another. feel a cold coming on? take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning. [laughter] >> cenk: i love that line. this is elbow--that might be the synopsis of the campaign right there. and elbow number two coming from old friend john kerry. >> it took president obama against the advice of many to give that order and finally rid this earth of osama bin laden! [applause] ask osama bin laden if he is better off now than he was four years ago! [applause] >> cenk: damn, that was lethal. mitt, what happened now, dawg what happened now. nicely done by john kerry. when we come back, the number one elbow in the sky on top of mitt romney's head. [ ♪ music ♪ ] do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. unde
i'll tell you what, number three comes from the big guy himself president obama. >> obama: all they had to offer is the same prescriptions they've had the last 30 years. have a surplus? try to tax cut. deficit too high? try another. feel a cold coming on? take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning. [laughter] >> cenk: i love that line. this is elbow--that might be the synopsis of the campaign right there. and elbow number two coming from old friend...
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this is obama's gas hike. now, isn't that sort of symptom attic of the romney campaign in that they want to make the issue, how bad the economy is and every time there is an economic good news it sort of deflates their argument. >> not only that but i would say as a matter of context -- >> bill: the dow is well up over 13,000. >> i remember covering the 2008 primary battle between senator clinton and senator obama. you remember when there was a big gas price hike in the spring of 2008. >> bill: i remember it every year. >> when they were fighting both senator mccain and senator clinton endorsed a reduction or a temporary removal of the gasoline tax. sales tax. >> bill: yes. >> to lower prices. candidate obama said no. that's a gimmick. i'm not going to play the standard approach, political game to gas prices. he also said though he hammered the bush administration for its fidelity or relationship with big oil but candidate obama said at the time i remember looking at the video. i put a column together several
this is obama's gas hike. now, isn't that sort of symptom attic of the romney campaign in that they want to make the issue, how bad the economy is and every time there is an economic good news it sort of deflates their argument. >> not only that but i would say as a matter of context -- >> bill: the dow is well up over 13,000. >> i remember covering the 2008 primary battle between senator clinton and senator obama. you remember when there was a big gas price hike in the spring...
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way to go, obama. florida says on her impression of romney, "romney is the boss i always hated." >> a really good, effective way to drive home the way he looked last night. >> bill: somebody said he looks like the boss that fired you. >> that drives home the point who he is. >> bill: according to the clock ok according to the clock president obama spoke for 19:50 romney 17:17. >> i did see romney had more words. he got to say more in less time. so, you know. >> he's very efficient. >> depends on which side you want to foul on. you could complain about this either way. >> bill: he might have said more, but ended up saying less. a lot of it, i thought several answers, he didn't know, i think where he was going and he just -- it was like everything he remembered from debate prep, he threw against the wall. some things didn't even connect. >> he just started talking about two parent families and marriages, and keeping families strong and it was so bizarre just out of nowhere. i don't know how that connecte
way to go, obama. florida says on her impression of romney, "romney is the boss i always hated." >> a really good, effective way to drive home the way he looked last night. >> bill: somebody said he looks like the boss that fired you. >> that drives home the point who he is. >> bill: according to the clock ok according to the clock president obama spoke for 19:50 romney 17:17. >> i did see romney had more words. he got to say more in less time. so, you...
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in ohio more votes cast for obama than for republican ones, the obama team believes the early voting foreshadows the diverse electorate. two-thirds voting earlier well, young or minorities. voting has gone up most in latinos and african-americans the one that i had is up five. is that the one you have seen in ohio? >> yes. >> stephanie: and that was before monday's debate. >> yes. >> stephanie: that's a little synopsis as they sigh in the polling business. okay. let's go to maureen in maryland. you are on with john. hey, maureen. >> caller: hi, stephanie. >> stephanie: hi. >> caller: thank you so much for a great show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i just started watching recently. i think it's a great show. i hope you continue after the election. >> stephanie: why, what have you heard? >> caller: no, i just definitely want to say thank you for something that we really need on the airwaves both radio and tv. but i have a word that i want to say to both moderates and maybe the few undecide voters on you want there. i just want to say vote that you are considering for mitt romney
in ohio more votes cast for obama than for republican ones, the obama team believes the early voting foreshadows the diverse electorate. two-thirds voting earlier well, young or minorities. voting has gone up most in latinos and african-americans the one that i had is up five. is that the one you have seen in ohio? >> yes. >> stephanie: and that was before monday's debate. >> yes. >> stephanie: that's a little synopsis as they sigh in the polling business. okay. let's go...
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obviously, obama was ahead in ohio. can you predict how last night's debate has done in ohio specifically. >> i don't know if it was an ohio kind of debate more than a virginia kind of debate. it was fairly technical. obama speaking so-called high information voters, i think maybe the town hall will be more important for ohio. ohio is a problem for romney, he is behind by a wider margin than the nothing polls. usually ohio is part of the country as a whole. romney, it would still be a winnable election for him. it might have gotten totally out of hand where you lose all the swing states. >> it was really heading in a different direction. in your new book, you actually describe two different types of personality, the hedgehog and the fox. hedgehogs you say make big, bold assertions on specific knowledge. ben fox has got a much for multi-disciplinary approach with regard to data. >> i think obama was acting maybe like too much of a fox which is a good habit if you're making predictions but on stage as the president, you p
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further more obama versus obama. his half brother in kenya! >> obama had not done anything to help you? ♪ >> i think he has a family to run. >> will his brother sell him out? we'll show you in a little bit. and speaking of drama, this the state of san fernando valley you're using to politicians screwing you, but not like this. i told my estranged wife and my children about my relationship. >> i don't have no respect for you. >> you don't have no respect for your wife or family. >> they are all having affairs, and they might all get recalled. how is that for fun politics? anybody know what time it is? all right. it geese time! ♪ >> now we have been telling the president, go after mitt romney's secret bank accounts. here is what americans are not going to be happy with, a guy returning for president of the united states of america, who has money in the cayman islands and bermuda, owning corporations set up in bermuda. and the president listened. here is what he said. >> i think what is important if you are running for president is that the a
further more obama versus obama. his half brother in kenya! >> obama had not done anything to help you? ♪ >> i think he has a family to run. >> will his brother sell him out? we'll show you in a little bit. and speaking of drama, this the state of san fernando valley you're using to politicians screwing you, but not like this. i told my estranged wife and my children about my relationship. >> i don't have no respect for you. >> you don't have no respect for your...
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ohio, obama up by 5. mitt romney is there again today but president obama is going back there again. they'll be pounding it. it is particularly the president's rescue of the american auto industry that has put him in the lead in ohio. that's not going to go away. new hampshire, obama is up by just 1. but that's a conservative state. obama is carrying it. wisconsin, key state paul ryan's home state president obama is up by 3. iowa president obama up by 2. nevada, he was there again yesterday. he was there the week before. joe biden was there yesterday. today maybe that the president -- anyhow, they're both there and i know the vice president was there yesterday. i believe president obama went there after -- yes he did. day after he joined the jay leno show yesterday. nevada president obama up by 4. florida looks like a tie right now. virginia looks like a tie. colorado looks like a tie. all three of those are still in play. but if you look at the battleground states, president obama, that's where he has th
ohio, obama up by 5. mitt romney is there again today but president obama is going back there again. they'll be pounding it. it is particularly the president's rescue of the american auto industry that has put him in the lead in ohio. that's not going to go away. new hampshire, obama is up by just 1. but that's a conservative state. obama is carrying it. wisconsin, key state paul ryan's home state president obama is up by 3. iowa president obama up by 2. nevada, he was there again yesterday. he...
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they're laughing at president obama. >> what would you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> how dare they! actually, i'm going to tell but their secret plan. they told their donors, their incredibly rich donors, now we'll tell you. and it turns out "stand your ground" might grant special protection, one that we couldn't have imagined to george zimmerman. >> you're appearing for your first appearance and charged for murder in the second-degree. >> more racist conservatives come out on that case. we'll share those quotes with you later on the show, and then also speaking of conservatives clowns, we've got three of them for pup here's one of them. >> back at the turn of the century communists decided to change their names to progressives, but still the ideas that they operate under are still the same. >> you'll only find ute on this program, it's go time. ♪ >> all right diane sawyer interviewed the romneys earlier today in boston. they had this swarmy reaction to one of her questions. >> as it we get towards november, what do you say to p
they're laughing at president obama. >> what would you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> how dare they! actually, i'm going to tell but their secret plan. they told their donors, their incredibly rich donors, now we'll tell you. and it turns out "stand your ground" might grant special protection, one that we couldn't have imagined to george zimmerman. >> you're appearing for your first appearance and charged for murder in...
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obama is not going to stop it. i have faith in barack obama and i don't care what the rest of the democrats do. he is going to stand his ground and i believe this is a winning issue, bill. >> okay. i hope you right, joey. i do think you are right. the president made that clear in chicago on monday, joey. you are right. look. money, money, money, as we said yesterday, follow the money, cory booker 565,000 from bain capital when he first ran from in the. rich calling from cincinnati, ohio. hey, rich. >> this is the most disappointing thing i have heard in practically two years, i would say. it's like the next is already in. i mean this is as bad as the democrats that is listen to and appear on fox news and republican talk radio. i mean the joe miller crew they should get together and go on a crews with zell miller. this just is the ridiculous. >> absolutely. look, it just makes me sick, you know, again, these republicans know what they are in for. remember when mitch mcconnell said on day one, day one of the obama ad
obama is not going to stop it. i have faith in barack obama and i don't care what the rest of the democrats do. he is going to stand his ground and i believe this is a winning issue, bill. >> okay. i hope you right, joey. i do think you are right. the president made that clear in chicago on monday, joey. you are right. look. money, money, money, as we said yesterday, follow the money, cory booker 565,000 from bain capital when he first ran from in the. rich calling from cincinnati, ohio....
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and vote obama. and just to keep the peace home, they're not going to let their husbands know. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right clarence. by the way i saw one article this morning about about the obama still with a huge lead among women. not so -- it's interesting, of all of the different constituencies, the one that looks like mitt romney has are white males. which i'm mightily ashamed of. what's wrong with us? i don't know. and the people that you registered, do you know the percentage of young women versus young men? >> yeah, we register more women than men. >> bill: i'm not surprised. dumb ass men. [ laughter ] >> then, of course, we know in the last election, young people voted for the president about two to one. and our polling is showing similar margins among some people this time around for the president. of course, the question becomes do those young people supporting the president show up or those supporting governor romney. >> bill: right. that's the turnout. the turnout is the key today in
and vote obama. and just to keep the peace home, they're not going to let their husbands know. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right clarence. by the way i saw one article this morning about about the obama still with a huge lead among women. not so -- it's interesting, of all of the different constituencies, the one that looks like mitt romney has are white males. which i'm mightily ashamed of. what's wrong with us? i don't know. and the people that you registered, do you know the percentage...
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full buster to block was totally different post barack obama than it was pre-barack obama in terms of the use of volume of filibusters? >> this is different than what we have seen from history t had been building. we saw a little bit of an increase that began in the clinton years. it was there a bit in the bush years. it soared during the obama years and it's upsetting, the new nullification. you take things like the healthcare law that's passed and block the person responsible for implementing it no matter what the qualifications. >> a different way to stop. >> it's one thing if you stop a nominee because you think this person is extreme or moreally unfit. when you say wonderful equalfications, you are still not going to. the same with the consumer financial protection bureau as we have seen all along. you put that together with the government and the idea you are going to hold the full faith and credit of the united states at a time of enormous economic peril hostage for non-negotiable demands and actually intend on having the declement breached is something we have not seen before.
full buster to block was totally different post barack obama than it was pre-barack obama in terms of the use of volume of filibusters? >> this is different than what we have seen from history t had been building. we saw a little bit of an increase that began in the clinton years. it was there a bit in the bush years. it soared during the obama years and it's upsetting, the new nullification. you take things like the healthcare law that's passed and block the person responsible for...
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obama up .6, obama up .5. the gallup poll is what's freaking people out. >> it is a national poll. >> stephanie: that's why people think it is an outliar because is gallup heading for another big miss? national polls, all of them show a margin within two or three points. most of them, obama up. all of them with one exception gallup tracking. shows mitt romney -- that's what people were freaking out. like six or seven points. gallup is without question the biggest outlier among all of the national polls. two years ago, gallup was the biggest outliar in the 2010 election. they were going to win by 15 points. they won by 7 so they overestimated by double. so what they're saying, the other factor, explain why it might -- be an outliar, there are voter samples to be substantially underrepresenting nonwhite voters in this particular -- >> we don't vote in national elections. we vote for electoral colleges in each state. so i just don't know why we take national polls like that because that's not the way we vote as a
obama up .6, obama up .5. the gallup poll is what's freaking people out. >> it is a national poll. >> stephanie: that's why people think it is an outliar because is gallup heading for another big miss? national polls, all of them show a margin within two or three points. most of them, obama up. all of them with one exception gallup tracking. shows mitt romney -- that's what people were freaking out. like six or seven points. gallup is without question the biggest outlier among all...
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and if he can help make the election focus on obama in a sense that obama is not up to the job, that he really can't turn the economy around, i think the country could take a chance on mitt romney. they would never take a chance on newt gingrich. i recoil from a lot of his rhetoric this notion that we're this country in decline and the way he tosses around his assertions that obama doesn't care about this or that. but it's red meat for the republican base right now, and i think he is capable of running a significant campaign and either winning narrowly or losing narrowly. >> you made great points but i think mitt romney is fundamentally full of crap. he talks about jobs and what has he done in massachusetts he was number 47 in job creation. so i don't see what his record on jobs is. and people are tired of the establishment so when newt says i'm going to punch the establishment in the mouth, i can see how people would get tricked into that. romney's tax plan would give another $6 trillion in tax cuts. who the hell is he kidding about balancing the budget. so is he believable at all?
and if he can help make the election focus on obama in a sense that obama is not up to the job, that he really can't turn the economy around, i think the country could take a chance on mitt romney. they would never take a chance on newt gingrich. i recoil from a lot of his rhetoric this notion that we're this country in decline and the way he tosses around his assertions that obama doesn't care about this or that. but it's red meat for the republican base right now, and i think he is capable of...
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now couldn't stand obama anymore. he was going to vote for romney. and things are so tough when he got out of college key get a job and had to go back and live at his parent's house. he seems like the perfect candidate for fox news, right? so they invited him on fox and friends and it turns out he was just pulling their leg. here he is with gretchen carlson who realizes halfway through this that this guy isn't serious. >> why now are you supporting mitt romney? >> it is actually a funny story. i lost a basketball game to a friend of mine. he was a huge supporter of this show. [ laughter ] >> she's thinking uh-oh. >> so it sounds like you're not being serious. >> i'm also disappointed in the direction obama has taken this nation. i will be casting my ballot for mitt romney. >> okay. and true that you had to go back and live with your parents after you graduated from college? >> oh, yeah, after i went to college, i had to live with my parents this summer and i'm back on my own. i'm on national tv. i feel like i'm doing
now couldn't stand obama anymore. he was going to vote for romney. and things are so tough when he got out of college key get a job and had to go back and live at his parent's house. he seems like the perfect candidate for fox news, right? so they invited him on fox and friends and it turns out he was just pulling their leg. here he is with gretchen carlson who realizes halfway through this that this guy isn't serious. >> why now are you supporting mitt romney? >> it is actually a...
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president obama take it away. >> obama: governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. we have the ships that go underwater nuclear submarines. >> cenk: oh! mitt, welcome to the middle of the ring. oh no! look what's happening! god, i love that line. that was my favorite line. actually, i think it was one of the best lines i've seen in a debate in a long time. romney makes the mistake of challenging president obama on israel. saying he hasn't gone there enough. here's his response. >> obama: when i went to israel as a candidate. i didn't take donors, i didn't teafned fund-raisers. i went to the holocaust museum there to remind myself the nature of evil and why our bond with israel will be unbreakable. that's how i have used my travels. >> cenk: oh! there's mitt romney in the middle of the ring. oh no! here comes! now, another thing that i've been saying throughout this campaign in fact we just did if i were obama about it. bush and cheney, they have the same adviso
president obama take it away. >> obama: governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. we have the ships that go underwater nuclear submarines. >> cenk: oh! mitt, welcome to the middle of the ring. oh no! look what's happening! god, i love that line. that was my favorite line. actually, i think it was one of the best lines i've seen in a debate in a long time....
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. >> barack obama will be re-elected. >> barack obama will be re-elected. mitt romney will come up a loser. >> it's a perplexing time for many of us right now. >> president obama's victory was a popularity contest. [ buzzer ] >> republicans, there is no way after holding out on obama after two years they're going to cave in. >> it's a mandate for us to work together. >> our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> we are an american family, and we rise and fall together as one nation. >> i'm leading. >> it's a legitimate rape. the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> things aren't going to turn out the way you think they are going to. >> even when life begins in a horrible situation of rape got intended it to happen. >> i'm for richard mourdock for senate. >> we'll fight our way back. and we know in our hearts for the united states of america the best is yet to come. [ cheering ] >> cenk: my favorite is the herman cane clip. this is not a popularity contest. well it kind of is. it's called a democracy. we see what
. >> barack obama will be re-elected. >> barack obama will be re-elected. mitt romney will come up a loser. >> it's a perplexing time for many of us right now. >> president obama's victory was a popularity contest. [ buzzer ] >> republicans, there is no way after holding out on obama after two years they're going to cave in. >> it's a mandate for us to work together. >> our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> we are...
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say it with me, down under obama. down under obama, not up. you got to repeat it to the republicans because they're knuckle heads. they like to repeat lies. we got to straighten them out by telling them the truth. now romney said he's going to do much, much better. really? let's watch. >> i will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. we will stop borrowing unfathomable sums of money from foreign countries we're never even going to visit. i will work with you to make sure we put out this spending and borrowing fire. >> cenk: oh, he'll definitely do that except for the fact that he totally won't. this from the tax policy center, a nonpartisan organization. they scored romney's budget? you want to see how much his tax cuts add to the deficit? 20% drop in tax rates leads to $2.75 trillion added to the deaf syd. his alternative minimum tax adds another $76 billion. and he proposed to extend the tax cuts permanently. that adds another $5.4 trillion. in total, mitt romney would not decrease the deficit. he would increase the deficit by $8.8 t
say it with me, down under obama. down under obama, not up. you got to repeat it to the republicans because they're knuckle heads. they like to repeat lies. we got to straighten them out by telling them the truth. now romney said he's going to do much, much better. really? let's watch. >> i will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. we will stop borrowing unfathomable sums of money from foreign countries we're never even going to visit. i will work with you to make sure we put...
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the big moment was president obama. invisible obama's. so let's break down the convention for you. first clint eastwood came out. this is what we were referencing. he gave a rambling unfortunate speech where he was talking to an inadvisable obama. let's watch a little piece of it. >> all of these promises, and then i wondered about you know, when the--what? what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him that. i he can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. [laughter] you're getting at bad as biden. >> cenk: okay. now listen we actually gave you the best part. the rest of it was even worse. we'll get to that even later and i might talk to a couple of invisible people later in the show. let's get to the main event mitt romney. i thought some parts of the speech were very good. and then some parts not so good. let's give you one of the moments that helped to humanize him. which was his main goal. >> my mom and dad were married for 64 years, and if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist. [laughter] because every day dad gave mom a rose.
the big moment was president obama. invisible obama's. so let's break down the convention for you. first clint eastwood came out. this is what we were referencing. he gave a rambling unfortunate speech where he was talking to an inadvisable obama. let's watch a little piece of it. >> all of these promises, and then i wondered about you know, when the--what? what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him that. i he can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. [laughter] you're...
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obama had said before. let's check that out. ♪ the change i got ♪ was that i moved in ♪ with my mother ♪ because you won ♪ and then you cut me off ♪ now your speeches never soar ♪ as high as unemployment ♪ you took obama-care ♪ so far ♪ but you left me like a dog ♪ strapped on ♪ romney's car ♪ even the shirt ♪ that was on my back ♪ is owned by china ♪ or being arbitraged ♪ by goldman sachs ♪ just send in a predator drone ♪ cause now you're not the obama that i used to know. >> cenk: that's a song by gotye. which i know all about because i'm very hip. these kids feel like they felt let down by obama. they're not pro-romney because of the comment about the dog on the car. give it a grade. >> b because i'm a big gotye fan. >> you are? >> cenk: he didn't know who gotye was. >> but the truth is, i mean, here we are wow, a college kid who is disappointed when he got out of college because it wasn't all that he thought it was going to be. that's basically it. >> considering st
obama had said before. let's check that out. ♪ the change i got ♪ was that i moved in ♪ with my mother ♪ because you won ♪ and then you cut me off ♪ now your speeches never soar ♪ as high as unemployment ♪ you took obama-care ♪ so far ♪ but you left me like a dog ♪ strapped on ♪ romney's car ♪ even the shirt ♪ that was on my back ♪ is owned by china ♪ or being arbitraged ♪ by goldman sachs ♪ just send in a predator drone ♪ cause now you're not the obama...
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they really still want this to be about barack obama. you are going to hear i think at this debate -- and duf is correct -- you have will hear more from romney about himself and make himself a little bit more likable, but you will hear about his policies for the future. but the main thing i think these folks are going to concentrate on is if you like the last four years, boy oh boy you will love the next four. >> jennifer: right. >> they will try to make this more about the president. >> jennifer: what i think is going to be interesting on this, duf is if mitt romney is going to focus on the things that truly have been debunked before then he is going to be in a very awkward position, when he says he is going to prove that what the president said is a lie. >> i think really what is more important is that he is going to point out, look, president obama promised us that unemployment wouldn't be this high -- >> jennifer: that's another lie. he didn't promise that it was going to be 8% or less -- >> just christine roamer his chief economic -
they really still want this to be about barack obama. you are going to hear i think at this debate -- and duf is correct -- you have will hear more from romney about himself and make himself a little bit more likable, but you will hear about his policies for the future. but the main thing i think these folks are going to concentrate on is if you like the last four years, boy oh boy you will love the next four. >> jennifer: right. >> they will try to make this more about the...
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. >> here is the comment -- where does that leave obama, now killed 40 to 60 million -- obama is now stalin. >> ah . . . >> liberals are socialists. and father somebody writes democrats have kill over 129,000 infant infant infants. [ buzzer sounds ] >> james a liberal troll snuck in here, and he said yeah, right, only democrats have abortions. ♪ >> and the nastiest comments from twitter -- i'm just scrolling here -- >> you ignorant loser, comparing any one like mitt romney to hitler is hitlerises a nighing. >> you know who we should talk to about this? karl frisch. >> gutten tag, freuline. >> normally i need you along to get in trouble. >> this is like when they say something horrible about their black friends, and you bring out the guy with the most german name you can find -- >> von frisch! >> that's right. you have actually caught me in my panic room. >> oh read in the paper for the first time american births a majority of the children are white. that is going to make the white ring go crazy. >> yeah, this will be wake up white people! ♪ >> yeah. >> i think it was lou dobbs or
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here is president obama. >> obama: the economy is not doing fine. there are too many people out of work. the housing market is still weak and too many homes underwater, and that's precisely why i asked congress to start taking some steps that can make a difference. >> to discuss this, we welcome, of course, eleanor, we have to stop meeting like this "newsweek's" eleanor clift and from new orleans cenk uygur. eleanor, you wrote an article about how people are jittery about the jobs pros protect. >> the jobs numbers last week made people jittery it looks like jobs are stalling again. obama is toast is what i heard more than once. i think wisconsin you know, the outcome there was not great for democrats or for the president but i think that's pretty minor compared to the economy. actually, the exit polls in wisconsin look pretty good for obama, and the democrats took back the state senate seat. so the senate in the state is controlled by democrats which will put a crimp in scott walker's agenda. the bigger picture is the jobs situation. the white house
here is president obama. >> obama: the economy is not doing fine. there are too many people out of work. the housing market is still weak and too many homes underwater, and that's precisely why i asked congress to start taking some steps that can make a difference. >> to discuss this, we welcome, of course, eleanor, we have to stop meeting like this "newsweek's" eleanor clift and from new orleans cenk uygur. eleanor, you wrote an article about how people are jittery about...
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but obama has gutted welfare. under obama you would not have to work or train for a job: mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> cenk: you look at that and say, look, they're doing an attack on him because he's liberal, and they don't want anyone to look etc. is there really a racial angle there? there is. the republican party has been doing this for a long time. ronald reagan said, quote she has eighty names referring to a welfare queen, 30 addresses, 12 social security cards and collecting veteran benefits on four non-existing deceased husbands and she's collecting social security on her card and she's got medicaid, getting food stamps and she is collecting welfare under each of her names. this is all about the welfare queen. you know how she is. you know how they are. etc. now, it's not like ronald reagan did not know the racial context. you know after ronald reagan became the nominee the first speech he gave in mississippi about states rights. why that random little town in mississip
but obama has gutted welfare. under obama you would not have to work or train for a job: mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> cenk: you look at that and say, look, they're doing an attack on him because he's liberal, and they don't want anyone to look etc. is there really a racial angle there? there is. the republican party has been doing this for a long time. ronald reagan said, quote she has eighty names referring to a welfare queen, 30 addresses, 12 social...
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i don't like the obama plan, it cuts medicare. we didn't anything like that. >> maybe because medicare is a federal program not a state program. romney shaded the truth. he accuses gingrich of calling spanish the language of the ghetto. romney denied knowing anything about the ad but went back on the track after wolfe blitzer informed romney that he had personally endorse the ad. >> did you say what the ad says or not. >> i don't know, it's taken out of context, i did not know. >> gingrich today claimed that he was appalled by romney's eplies last night telling the washington post: >> news campaign also followed up today with this ad: >> romney denied seeing a false ad his campaign used to attack newt gingrich, but romney's own campaign paid for the ad and romney's own voice is on the ad approving its false content. if we can't trust what mitt romney says about his own record, how can you trust him on anything. >> romney's leading gingrich by nine points in florida with ron paul and rick santorum far behind. nationwide, gingrich i
i don't like the obama plan, it cuts medicare. we didn't anything like that. >> maybe because medicare is a federal program not a state program. romney shaded the truth. he accuses gingrich of calling spanish the language of the ghetto. romney denied knowing anything about the ad but went back on the track after wolfe blitzer informed romney that he had personally endorse the ad. >> did you say what the ad says or not. >> i don't know, it's taken out of context, i did not...
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even president obama spoke out yesterday and said come on bring back the real refs. >> obama: it is just me or do we have to get our regular refs back -- >> oh, geez sir, i know you are busy -- >> obama: i can't get involved with it, but i'm expressing my point of view as a sports fan. >> bill: listen to this anti-union, scott walker governor of wisconsin, and anti-union paul ryan vice presidential candidate both came out yesterday and said we support the union refs. and here -- here is paul ryan. >> i mean, give me a break. [ laughter ] >> it is time to get the real refs. >> bill: the real receives back. those who really know the game. all you need to know is the guy who made that call monday night had never before refed any game more important than a junior college football game. >> that's amazing. >> bill: unbelievable. some of those refs also were deemed unqualified to ref games in the lingerie league. >> it is also perfect that this is the example that america will finally get. the war on teachers the war on public employees, this is what everybody will get. >> bill: yes. i'll be ba
even president obama spoke out yesterday and said come on bring back the real refs. >> obama: it is just me or do we have to get our regular refs back -- >> oh, geez sir, i know you are busy -- >> obama: i can't get involved with it, but i'm expressing my point of view as a sports fan. >> bill: listen to this anti-union, scott walker governor of wisconsin, and anti-union paul ryan vice presidential candidate both came out yesterday and said we support the union refs. and...
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. >> our republican, i hate obama i hate obama. when they do specific hard hitting ads. a lot of people think that obama has the money advantage because when you look at the overall numbers obama has raised $140 million for himself and mitt romney has only raised $57 million. it looks like obama has a huge advantage. but what they don't show you is the total money. when you look at obama's total money he has 140 million-dollar in the campaign. he has $18 million from the super pac more than anything else. that looks pretty good. when you go to the republican side you have $37 million for romney this campaign. you've got the outside groups that are gigantic. $51 million from american crossroads. 38 million from romney's pac and then $100 million from the koch brothers in pledges. that totals up to $246 million, so they actually have the money advantage. michael, when they unload a quarter of a billion dollars and they are just getting warmed up. they fire it all at laser beam on obama a lot of these numbers unfortunately change. >>
. >> our republican, i hate obama i hate obama. when they do specific hard hitting ads. a lot of people think that obama has the money advantage because when you look at the overall numbers obama has raised $140 million for himself and mitt romney has only raised $57 million. it looks like obama has a huge advantage. but what they don't show you is the total money. when you look at obama's total money he has 140 million-dollar in the campaign. he has $18 million from the super pac more...
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i voted for obama last time. we can't afford another four years. >> cenk: it's not true that romney would pick an extreme court justice and that ad is misleading in that sense. she said my reproductive rights are a little important but economy is more important and ignore the reproductive rights part. i thought this guy was a true conservative. all of a sudden he's running in the general election and's not all that conservative any more. remember this mitt romney. >> romney: i fought in a deep blue state but i was a conservative republican governor. >> cenk: back during the primaries he was severely conservative. now in the general election, me, conservative pro-life, i don't know what you're talking about. what an unbelievable fraud. the president called him out an on that today. >> obama: after running for a year in which he called himself severely conservative. mitt romney is trying to convince you that's severely kidding. >> cenk: that sounds all right there. let's go back to the ad o listen don't worry what
i voted for obama last time. we can't afford another four years. >> cenk: it's not true that romney would pick an extreme court justice and that ad is misleading in that sense. she said my reproductive rights are a little important but economy is more important and ignore the reproductive rights part. i thought this guy was a true conservative. all of a sudden he's running in the general election and's not all that conservative any more. remember this mitt romney. >> romney: i...
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he blamed obama for that. and the hindenberg that was obama too, and the fall of the roman empire no that was biden. >> jennifer: yes. next week what are you looking for in charlotte? >> the same thing only no hurricane. better dancing. i think there will be better dancing. >> jennifer: republican dancing shots were fantastic. listen, pick your foot up and show everybody what you are wearing and talk about white shoes. but any way, will durst thank you so much for joining us. i have to call hypocrisy. right there, folks. mind out if clint eastwood made our list of the worst jokes from tampa. that's right here in "the war room" next. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past 10 years. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. >>> the president takes more vacations than the guy on the bizarre food show. and i'll give barack obama credit for creating jobs these last four years, for golf caddies. >> he
he blamed obama for that. and the hindenberg that was obama too, and the fall of the roman empire no that was biden. >> jennifer: yes. next week what are you looking for in charlotte? >> the same thing only no hurricane. better dancing. i think there will be better dancing. >> jennifer: republican dancing shots were fantastic. listen, pick your foot up and show everybody what you are wearing and talk about white shoes. but any way, will durst thank you so much for joining us....
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barack obama. he has -- he has got another career, you know five years from now after he gets out of the white house but boy, he is good at this stand up stuff. great writers but he can deliver a line. >> he has great writers, but so did george bush, and he didn't do very good at these things. >> no. but obama kills. yeah. and he went after mitt romney. he said i am not going to talk about my republican oppose but let's take mitt romney the things they have in common. they both went to harvard. >> we also both have degrees from harvard. i have one. he has two. what a snob. >> yeah. it was just mavleous. we will play more clips as we go along and jimmy kimmel. i thought he did a good job. he had a lot of material and he kept kept -- nobody was sacred certainly not the president of the united states. he made some jokes about the president's ears. >> that's the first time i have ever heard anybody joke about the president's ears. >> it was a good line and michelle obama particularly couldn't control h
barack obama. he has -- he has got another career, you know five years from now after he gets out of the white house but boy, he is good at this stand up stuff. great writers but he can deliver a line. >> he has great writers, but so did george bush, and he didn't do very good at these things. >> no. but obama kills. yeah. and he went after mitt romney. he said i am not going to talk about my republican oppose but let's take mitt romney the things they have in common. they both went...
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♪ >> obama obama obama obama obama. >> audra audra audra! >> stephanie: go vote. if you can vote early, go vote. someone sent me a screen shot. the look on ann romney's face during the debate -- i saw it right after the debate. i saw it. they're just giving president obama the death stare. they do not look amused. >> they were not -- >> stephanie: they are not amused. >> they're not used to being talked that way by the help. >> stephanie: the coronation is taking too long. >> stephanie: that's the scene from the help when she finds out about the pie. >> or when she asks to use the front restroom. >> stephanie: what? i don't care if it's raining. >> carol in texas, you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome, carol. >> caller: hi, stephanie. i enjoy your show so much. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i just discovered it in the last two months. couple of things. on the women's issue for pay for equal pay i think romney just made a freudian slip. that's my call on it. i can hear him now saying oh, god! my women's cheap wage folder. we ha
♪ >> obama obama obama obama obama. >> audra audra audra! >> stephanie: go vote. if you can vote early, go vote. someone sent me a screen shot. the look on ann romney's face during the debate -- i saw it right after the debate. i saw it. they're just giving president obama the death stare. they do not look amused. >> they were not -- >> stephanie: they are not amused. >> they're not used to being talked that way by the help. >> stephanie: the...
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president obama said this back in 2008 when he was running for president back then. >> obama: you have shown what history teaches us. in defining moments like this one the change we need does not come from washington but to washington. >> cenk: but now here is my dis disagreement with the president. look we sent president obama to washington to be that change. but so often on issues whether it was negotiating with the republicans on taxes on budget deals, on spending, you name it, he said, oh, these nothing we can do. we can give you 5% change, change it a little bit here, a little bit there but over all the republicans twisted my arm. i stint have 60 votes. i didn't have this or that, and i can't bring you change from inside washington. my god, you are president of the united states of america. you have so much more power than you realize. you don't have to constantly give in to republicans. and the second part is, listen, when we push to the outside. when progressive groups push in the outside. when progressive commentators push from the outside, do you think the obama administration
president obama said this back in 2008 when he was running for president back then. >> obama: you have shown what history teaches us. in defining moments like this one the change we need does not come from washington but to washington. >> cenk: but now here is my dis disagreement with the president. look we sent president obama to washington to be that change. but so often on issues whether it was negotiating with the republicans on taxes on budget deals, on spending, you name it,...
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it is going to be -- obama's margin -- obama gets over 60%. i don't know how brown can -- >> bill: that will be the case i think in many states. hey, frank, fun to talk to you this morning. thank you so much for your time. >> it's a pleasure, bill. >> bill: frank phillips, the state house bureau chief "the boston globe." boston.com. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire ♪ [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with the citi card. [ crowd cheering, mouse clicks ] >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. they're doing this this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>that's an under
it is going to be -- obama's margin -- obama gets over 60%. i don't know how brown can -- >> bill: that will be the case i think in many states. hey, frank, fun to talk to you this morning. thank you so much for your time. >> it's a pleasure, bill. >> bill: frank phillips, the state house bureau chief "the boston globe." boston.com. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. jack you're a little boring. boring....
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i got to give it to obama on that. >> i didn't expect that. >> me being republican who voted for obama i'm not sure about this year but i can say that there has not been any definitive percentage where even republicans are saying we consider 6% or 5%. there is no goal line. and i think that's the biggest problem that my party they haven't actually said this is where we're all trying to go. there is no magic number at this point. >> there is another problem that the republican port party has no matter what president obama does, it's never enough. they're saying, it's the record of failure, not good enough. >> and that combined well, right, with a historic unwillness to work with the president, to jump start any kind of job creation programs, that's the problem. and it's a remarkable thing that there are so many new jobs in light of the fact that the republicans have tried to stand in the way of his job creation at every turn. >> then let me throw another wildcard at you. i'm a little worried that we put a band aid on the problem. the underlying problem of the economy still exists which
i got to give it to obama on that. >> i didn't expect that. >> me being republican who voted for obama i'm not sure about this year but i can say that there has not been any definitive percentage where even republicans are saying we consider 6% or 5%. there is no goal line. and i think that's the biggest problem that my party they haven't actually said this is where we're all trying to go. there is no magic number at this point. >> there is another problem that the republican...
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obama and what he would do. he was less specific than obama was in 2008. my feeling is i don't believe the guy. i think we're stuck with a hobson's choice. >> there is no specific specificity on either issue. tell us about europe. how it could really hurt or help the president in the next five months. >> well, europe could hurt us in a variety of ways. if there was a complete collapse that would reverberate back to the united states, but then he could blame recession on europe. mr. obama is very good on blaming mr. bush, the congress everyone but himself on the shortcomings of the economy. what would be worse for mr. obama is if europe muddles through. in that context german exports are coming strong and that is competitive for our high tech companies and that would further slow our economy. >> peter morici, thank you so much for those insights. i think everybody watching the show learned a lot from you. >> thanks a lot. >> when we come back here on "the young turks," we have--we're running down to the wire in wisconsin right now. the democrats feel that t
obama and what he would do. he was less specific than obama was in 2008. my feeling is i don't believe the guy. i think we're stuck with a hobson's choice. >> there is no specific specificity on either issue. tell us about europe. how it could really hurt or help the president in the next five months. >> well, europe could hurt us in a variety of ways. if there was a complete collapse that would reverberate back to the united states, but then he could blame recession on europe. mr....
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--shrunk under the obama administration. i'm going to ask each of you the same question. who won the debate and will it matter. >> i think joe biden clearly won the debate. you can gauge that by the other side complaining by the style issues and not going to the substance. i think it will be merged in the polling data with whatever happens on tuesday in the presidential. but i think they've started a theme. if the president kind of continues in biden's direction it will merge together, and you'll start to see polling data to support that it was a very good debate for the democrats. >> michael: thomas frank. >> i would say biden won on issue but ryan won on decorum. one thing that biden did that i really liked when he would start on those grand rhetorical flights about the wonders of liberalism and the middle class he tend to wander off but those were inspiring. if barack obama could talk that way, they would have this thing in the bag. >> michael: indeed, they would. i think a lot of people were watching it that way. guys, h
--shrunk under the obama administration. i'm going to ask each of you the same question. who won the debate and will it matter. >> i think joe biden clearly won the debate. you can gauge that by the other side complaining by the style issues and not going to the substance. i think it will be merged in the polling data with whatever happens on tuesday in the presidential. but i think they've started a theme. if the president kind of continues in biden's direction it will merge together,...
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tell me about how president obama shut down that factory. >> president obama had nothing to do with that factory. jobs in ohio have gone up since he has been president. their unemployment rate is 7.6. that factory was closed under the presidency of george w. bush before obama even took office. >> oops. [ laughter ] >> they knew, right? >> they had to. >> so their weird campaign strategy is i know we shut down the factory, but shouldn't you blame the president for not reopening it. >> it is a gymson plant. they want to find something about mitt that is common with him, and it is not happening. >> absolutely. final conclusion cookie-get a, not guilty. factory-gate, guilty. coming back there's drama in the republican caucus. there are whispers eric cantor believes some fellow republicans have been anti-semantic. ♪ (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by kee
tell me about how president obama shut down that factory. >> president obama had nothing to do with that factory. jobs in ohio have gone up since he has been president. their unemployment rate is 7.6. that factory was closed under the presidency of george w. bush before obama even took office. >> oops. [ laughter ] >> they knew, right? >> they had to. >> so their weird campaign strategy is i know we shut down the factory, but shouldn't you blame the president for...
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>> the politics are purely in obama's hands. the fact that there are going to be checks--in the battle ground states alone, $360 million will be coming back to voters in the battleground states. including virginia ohio, florida, pennsylvania, a number of others to me that is so important. it's bakley a super pac. it's a $360 million super pac that is sending checks directly to voters. once you see the affordable care act in action and you see those checks coming from the insurance companies, not the government. >> that does not kick in until 2014, but this kicks in immediately. i don't want it to sound like a bad thing that this is a super pac. it's a good part of the law. >> of course it's a good part of the law. all this money is going directly to voters, directly to recipients of insurance holders. >> the money that is going back to individual plan holders will come to the actual people. but the money going back to the employers-sponsored plans will go to the employers, and they don't have a requirement to pass it on. they ca
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just like president obama said. in fact, did you know that this is august of 2008 and again right around where the collapse began to happen, 662,000 jobs were lost in the public sector, local, state and federal government. now they're saying it's too much. but we've been shedding government jobs at the clip of hundreds of thousands. how about the private sector. they're not doing fine at all right? i would love for them to be doing better, but the reality is we've had 27 months of straight months job creation. and so was president obama right? largely speaking he was right. of course being right is a big, big crime in washington so everyone is abuzz about it. now let's turn to mitt romney. he had a gaffe of his own. >> he wants to hire more government workers. he wants to hire more teachers, firefighters, police, did he not get the from the american people? wisconsin did. >> cenk: in wisconsin, we hate cops, firemen and teachers yes fire them all! is that the message? i hope that's not the message that romney got? p
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president obama agreed to it. and then the republicans pulled the rug out anyway, they said no we want even more for the rich. if you don't believe that president obama agreed to all that well here's the problem. here's president obama saying about how he agreed to it. watch. >> what we had offered speaker boehner was over a trillion dollars in cuts to discretionary spending both domestic and defense. we then offered additional $650 billion in cuts to entitlement programs medicare, medicaid, social security. in addition, what we sought was revenues that were actually less than what the gaining of six signed off on. it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal and frank leg, if you look at the commentary out there there are a lot of republicans that are puzzled as to why it couldn't get done. >> yeah, the republicans because that's a republican's dream come true that you agreed to. why did you do that? because honestly, in my opinion he cares a lot more about whether it helps
president obama agreed to it. and then the republicans pulled the rug out anyway, they said no we want even more for the rich. if you don't believe that president obama agreed to all that well here's the problem. here's president obama saying about how he agreed to it. watch. >> what we had offered speaker boehner was over a trillion dollars in cuts to discretionary spending both domestic and defense. we then offered additional $650 billion in cuts to entitlement programs medicare,...
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obama took g.m. and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to italians who will build jeeps in china. mitt romney will fight for every american job. >> romney: i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> bill: how about a little fact checking on that ad, judd? >> yeah. it is really, i think probably the most dishonest ad we've seen this campaign cycle. at least at the presidential level. >> bill: which is saying something, isn't it? >> it is saying something. is it it starts off right at the beginning when mitt romney says i have a plan to help the auto industry. and as it turns out he has no plan. there's nothing on his web site and actually reporters have followed up and they've said could you send us a copy of the plan. and there is no plan. no one's gotten anything. so i guess it is just the idea that -- saying you have a plan is more important than actually having a plan. >> bill: also when he says i have a plan for 12 million new jobs and we haven't seen the plan yet either. on the auto
obama took g.m. and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to italians who will build jeeps in china. mitt romney will fight for every american job. >> romney: i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> bill: how about a little fact checking on that ad, judd? >> yeah. it is really, i think probably the most dishonest ad we've seen this campaign cycle. at least at the presidential level. >> bill: which is saying something, isn't it? >> it is saying...
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we have barack obama to thank. it was barack obama who said you didn't build it. translation, it doesn't belong to you. well no small differences among us in our party approximate the vast differences between the liberty limiting radical leftwing anti business reckless spending tax hiking party of barack obama, harry reid and nancy pelosi. we can do better. for four years we've given a chance to a man with limited experience in governing no experience in business whatsoever and since taking office mostly been interested in campaigning blaming and aiming excuses at his predecessor, the republicans and people in business, or as republicans like to call them, employers. we've stagnated into an economy that has taken all that hope right down the slope and has left millions without jobs, forced out of their homes by foreclosure, herded into dependency upon a government that promises us candy but gives us cavities. barack obama seems in tent on enrolling more people on food stamps. mitt romney's focus is going to be on generating more jobs. we know full well we can do b
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i think that sort of hurt obama. he also doesn't have that signature thing that he's driving toward because the big government is not very popular right now. it is difficult to say -- he can say i want 100,000 teachers or new construction jobs but he's stuck in the middling generalities about it instead of saying i want to build a super train that goes from los angeles to california. >> eliot: tim, who would have thought that barack obama, we could say he doesn't have the vision thing. we think he's so smart and he is. we think he does have vision and i think he does. but he has not presented it. he has never articulated his conception of what government is for, except, as you say, beyond the -- when it came to government -- he built it, infrastructure is the high-speed rail that no one thinks will get done in our lifetime. doug this is what bothers me. he did not lay the foundation for this anywhere along the past three and a half years. it is easy for mitt rom -- romney to mock it. >> the thing about the $90 billio
i think that sort of hurt obama. he also doesn't have that signature thing that he's driving toward because the big government is not very popular right now. it is difficult to say -- he can say i want 100,000 teachers or new construction jobs but he's stuck in the middling generalities about it instead of saying i want to build a super train that goes from los angeles to california. >> eliot: tim, who would have thought that barack obama, we could say he doesn't have the vision thing. we...
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obama. other data suggests that could change. looking at the electorate as whole, the latest gallup poll has the president's approval rating at 46%. a new agreeable strategy poll for the centrist think tank third way shows him scoring, 8 points better than his all but anointed challenger mitt romney. according to third way, the real action in november will be in 12 swing states and will focus there on a group it calls "swing squints." voters who don't have strongly favorable or unfavorable views of either president obama or governor romney. according to third way swing independent make up nearly 40% of all independent voters and 15% of the total u.s. electorate electorate. president obama's campaign can take some comfort that 57% of swing independent supported the president in 2008. the same percentage view him favorably today. when asked who they would vote for if they could right now, 35% of swing independent said they would support the president over 29% from mitt romney. with those undec
obama. other data suggests that could change. looking at the electorate as whole, the latest gallup poll has the president's approval rating at 46%. a new agreeable strategy poll for the centrist think tank third way shows him scoring, 8 points better than his all but anointed challenger mitt romney. according to third way, the real action in november will be in 12 swing states and will focus there on a group it calls "swing squints." voters who don't have strongly favorable or...
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and as we just talked about, obama is much more likable. on all of the ratings he is way ahead of obama on that score. what independents are going to make their decision on and they will make it in october or early november, they will wait until the last minute. what they will make their decision on is how is the economy for me right now? that's -- that's how they will make their decision. that's their number one concern. they do care about deficits. it's right up there. definitely more than democrats about deficit. >> i have to give karl the last word here. when i hear they don't know the difference between the two, i tend to think you should study up a little bit. >> yeah cutely but at the end of the day what people will vote on is the future of the country, and people don't want to go back to george w. bush. romney's advisors said his economic policies would be george bush on steroids. that should be enough to win them over. >> all right. thank you both very much. i really appreciate it. when we come back kristin bower is from true blood
and as we just talked about, obama is much more likable. on all of the ratings he is way ahead of obama on that score. what independents are going to make their decision on and they will make it in october or early november, they will wait until the last minute. what they will make their decision on is how is the economy for me right now? that's -- that's how they will make their decision. that's their number one concern. they do care about deficits. it's right up there. definitely more than...
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first while the national debt has jumped to about 15.5 trillion under president obama, president obama's policies are not to blame. the chief causes are bush era tax cuts increases in safety net spending like the medicaid drug program, and the financial crisis, and even with president obama's stimulus, the increase in the rate of federal spending is lower under president obama than it has been in 60 years. let me say that again, the increase in of rate of federal spending is lower under this president, mr. mitt romney, than it has been in 60 years. here to further debunk obama is a social i will meme, is markos moulitsas, founder of "the daily kos." so glad you are here inside "the war room." >> my pleasure. >> we are really, really glad to be here and to be able to pick your brain a bit about this issue about the president, and what the right is constantly saying that he is some big-spending socialist blah blah, blah. you wrote an interesting column today in "the hill" which basically said if you want a moderate, vote for the president. >> absolutely. this is somebody who spent the last
first while the national debt has jumped to about 15.5 trillion under president obama, president obama's policies are not to blame. the chief causes are bush era tax cuts increases in safety net spending like the medicaid drug program, and the financial crisis, and even with president obama's stimulus, the increase in the rate of federal spending is lower under president obama than it has been in 60 years. let me say that again, the increase in of rate of federal spending is lower under this...
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>> obama: i don't. >> romney: again, that's for future people -- >> obama: i understand. so if you are 54 or 55 you might want to listen because this will affect you. the idea, which was originally presented by congressman ryan your running mate is that we would give a voucher to seniors, and they could go out in the private marketplace and buy their own health insurance. the problem is that because the voucher wouldn't necessarily keep up with health care inflation it was estimated that this would cost the average senior about $6,000 a year. now, in fairness what governor romney has now said is he'll maintain traditional medicare alongside of it. but what happens is those insurance companies are pretty clever at figuring out who are the younger and healthier seniors, they recruit them and every health care economist who looks at it says over time what happen will happen is the traditional medicare system will collapse. and then you have folks like my grandmother at the mercy of the private insurance system when they are most in need of decent health care. so i don't thin
>> obama: i don't. >> romney: again, that's for future people -- >> obama: i understand. so if you are 54 or 55 you might want to listen because this will affect you. the idea, which was originally presented by congressman ryan your running mate is that we would give a voucher to seniors, and they could go out in the private marketplace and buy their own health insurance. the problem is that because the voucher wouldn't necessarily keep up with health care inflation it was...
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how are things in the obama camp. >> i think there is a bounce for the obama camp officials. they seem to like the numbers they have seen so far. they've seen turnout in virginia and new hampshire that is higher than 2008. so that would be very good news for the obama campaign. but we mentioned some of the problems and michael referred to some of the problems in philadelphia. here to talk us through some of that is melanie, a spokesperson for the democratic national committee. i under that the dnc filed a lawsuit in philadelphia and then with grew it. what's going on. >> we're encouraged by their decision to print additional paper ballots and remember them to 200 polling places in phil fillphiladelphia. we were prepared to take action there. we withdrew the action. we didn't have to do it. our goal is to make sure that every who shows up and wants to vote is able to do so. it looks like that is going to happen. >> a lot of problems in philadelphia because of the chaos, confusion people told you must have an i.d. or you're turned away from the polls when in fact, they didn't h
how are things in the obama camp. >> i think there is a bounce for the obama camp officials. they seem to like the numbers they have seen so far. they've seen turnout in virginia and new hampshire that is higher than 2008. so that would be very good news for the obama campaign. but we mentioned some of the problems and michael referred to some of the problems in philadelphia. here to talk us through some of that is melanie, a spokesperson for the democratic national committee. i under...
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today president obama was giving a speech about oil speculation. let's listen. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets. my administration will take new executive actions to better analyze and investigate trieding activities in energy markets, and more quickly implement the tough consumer protections under wall street reform. >> i think that is exactly the right policy. he would increase the regulation six fold to get after the oil speculators. to give you a sense of how much we pay, gene gillford testified at congress that it cost us an extra $10 billion per month because of oil speculation. that's money we don't have to pay. that's money above the natural supply and demand of oil. okay. so give you a sense of this number that we have given you before, for every gallon of gas you buy, speculators add $0.56 extra. in that drives me crazy. i'm paying an extra 8 to $9 more because of these oil speculators. so put the regulators on the street to go after these guys doing the oil speculation. now let's go to a qu
today president obama was giving a speech about oil speculation. let's listen. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets. my administration will take new executive actions to better analyze and investigate trieding activities in energy markets, and more quickly implement the tough consumer protections under wall street reform. >> i think that is exactly the right policy. he would increase the regulation six fold to get after the oil...
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i'm going off the president obama. we're going to have a power panel discussing is he took soft on the banks. we cover the news and without any favor or distinction or anything. we tell you the reality. if president obama's doing it wrong, we'll tell you, if the republicans are doing it wrong we'll tell you. later in the program john ratzenberger, cliff from cheers will join us here. >> why do you drink ice cold beer here on a hot day? >> what else you going to do with it? [ laura ] maine is known for its lighthouses, rocky shore and most importantly its lobster. it's the tastiest, the sweetest, the freshest. nobody can ever get enough. [ male announcer ] it's lobsterfest at red lobster the one time of year you can savor 12 exciting lobster entrees like lobster lover's dream or new maine lobster and shrimp trio. [ laura ] hot, right out of the shell. i love lobster. i'm laura mclennan from spruce head, maine, and i sea food differently. is on the new news network. >>welcome to the war room. >>jennifer granholm joins cu
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people are not all that psyched by the care of obama-care and president obama's healthcare bill is not necessarily popular. but the tenants of the bill are quite popular. when you go one level down with folks out here, my callers to my show, for instance, well, do you support the ban on discrimination because of pre-existing condition? do you support allowing older children to stay on their parents' insurance. the answer is overwhelmingly yes. then the question do you support the president's healthcare bill? then they say no. >> jennifer: i attach the word obama and then people go the other direction. the report today showed--this is the census report that shows poverty rate remains at 15%. that is unchanged from the previous year. is income inequality resonating at all in colorado? >> absolutely. now look i'm a right-leaning radio station so i get conservative callers. but even among conservative callers, rank and file conservatives, the question of how unequal we are is a big question. people will say well, i'm not necessarily i support what the democrats want to do. i'm not necessar
people are not all that psyched by the care of obama-care and president obama's healthcare bill is not necessarily popular. but the tenants of the bill are quite popular. when you go one level down with folks out here, my callers to my show, for instance, well, do you support the ban on discrimination because of pre-existing condition? do you support allowing older children to stay on their parents' insurance. the answer is overwhelmingly yes. then the question do you support the president's...
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but does that really equal more problems for president obama? our political round table weighs in next in the war room. >> enginein many ways the fate of the tax cut for the wealthiest americans will be decided by the outcome of the next election. my opponent will fight to keep them in place. i will fight to end them. jennifer: on the cam paint front, the president is using the power of incumbency to place mitt mitt romney on the part of the wealth type of. gallup poles say the president is leading among registered voters. it's not likely voters but in 12 battleground states, 4730 to 45%. these are the battleground states over here and, of course the rest of the country is on this side. but another number has the obama war room worried, which is this a $35 million gap in june fundraising. obama's 71 million to romney's 106 million. >> that's a $35 million gap, a lot of attack as and jet skis. joining me inside the war room is democratic strategist ace smith, the los angeles times calls ace the man to fear unless he is on your side. mild-mannered
but does that really equal more problems for president obama? our political round table weighs in next in the war room. >> enginein many ways the fate of the tax cut for the wealthiest americans will be decided by the outcome of the next election. my opponent will fight to keep them in place. i will fight to end them. jennifer: on the cam paint front, the president is using the power of incumbency to place mitt mitt romney on the part of the wealth type of. gallup poles say the president...
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instead, this is what president obama said. >> obama: um um, um, and um, and and um, now, um um, you know that may not-- >> cenk: oooh! because of that he found himself in the middle of a ring going hey, what's going on? where did mitt go? oh no, he's on the top rung. we didn't want to see that. we didn't want to see that. then mitt romney sets him up perfectly. you know you got to mention bain. you got to mention the cayman islands and the swiss bank accounts. >> you say you get a deduction for taking a plant overseas. look i've been in business for 25 years. i have no idea what you're talking about. maybe i need to get a new accountant but the idea that you get a break for shipping jobs overseas-- >> cenk: i might need a new accountant? that's on a platter. had you go on, president obama hit it out. >> um, um, um. >> cenk: oooh, he's back in the middle of the ring. he's looking around for romney and it's this--oh, dammit. dammit. all right then what president obama that drives me crazy the most the constant agreement with republicans. this is all from last night's debate. watch. >>
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that is the message that has really resonated in ohio with the obama super pac and the obama campaign itself and really we have not seen anything in this entire campaign to suggest that romney has a good, solid answer to that. >> i have to add though that a couple of days ago in the recent weeks, the romney campaign has taken a new tack. as you were mentioning, the obama campaign has put out this kind of direct talk to the voter type of action d that basically has the president talking to those folks who would presumably turn out to vote for him. so did the romney campaign. they did come out with a long ad where it is literally mitt romney sitting in front of the camera talk directly to the voters. yes, repeating a lot of the messages that he's said on the stump but doing it personally, i suppose in a way to try to appeal to the folks on a much more personal level to try to draw that personality to add the personality understanding that people often say that they don't have about mitt romney and they've pooled in all of the swing states, including ohio, they've pulled all of the ads t
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the "detroit free press" with president obama. the "new york times" president obama. "washington post," the toledo blade, the pittsburgh -- i forget what the pittsburgh paper is -- >> gazette -- >> bill: maybe -- all to -- >> that was a pure guess by the way. >> bill: all to obama. peter what is on twitter? >> we're on twitter @bpshow. joe says what is the big deal people they have storms on jupiter like this all the time. on the romney ad people are furious about this. steve says don't forget that jeep is expanding in the united states. they are adding thousands of jobs right here. one person said maybe obama wasn't so far off base when he called mitt romney a bs-er, and myth got meatloaf's endorsement to lure chris christie to events. [ laughter ] >> i heard meatloaf will be there, maybe i'll show up. >> bill: that will do it. terry is calling from berkeley california. >> caller: hi, bill, what is wrong with the press in general? the -- when talking about mitt romney, greg palast has an article in the nation called mitt romney's bailout bonanza. how the romneys made
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three years later, barack obama rungs for state senate. copy cat. barack obama becoming a politician. >> i will take a lot of credit. >> 1991, a jogging mitt romney says see. a decade later: >> i will take a lot of credit. >> 1986, romney, sure. >> i will take a lot of credit. 1879, the light bulb thomas edison, the idea for using a light bulb when someone has an idea? >> i will take a lot of credit. >> 1446, b.c., was it the burning bush that inspired moses? or was it? >> 0, that's right: >> i will take a lot of credit. >> this sunday at 9:00 p.m., when it comes to great ideas, history is 100% mitt. i will take a lot of credit. >> all right. well, thank you all for joining
three years later, barack obama rungs for state senate. copy cat. barack obama becoming a politician. >> i will take a lot of credit. >> 1991, a jogging mitt romney says see. a decade later: >> i will take a lot of credit. >> 1986, romney, sure. >> i will take a lot of credit. 1879, the light bulb thomas edison, the idea for using a light bulb when someone has an idea? >> i will take a lot of credit. >> 1446, b.c., was it the burning bush that inspired...
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not because i didn't like obama. i argued for obama in 2008, feverishly. i want him to win in thought he was more progressive than hillary clinton. he did this over and over again because he's right wing in his bones. how about the case of the journal i have the in yemen. he happened to find out that we did tomahawk cruise missile strike that killed women and children. they locked him up for that. the former president of yemen was going to let him go. he served years in prison, unjustly. president obama called and said no, i want you to keep calling that guy a terrorist, and keep him in jail, and today this journalist in yemen is still in prison, because president obama made that call. now which progressive would do that? he's not a progressive. when you're not looking at every opportunity he has he goes right he goes right he goes right and then he says it to you. he says i would be a moderate republican. i am a blue dog, i am a conservative democratic. the minute he has a chance to do the grand bargain he helps the republicans in a grand larceny. that's
not because i didn't like obama. i argued for obama in 2008, feverishly. i want him to win in thought he was more progressive than hillary clinton. he did this over and over again because he's right wing in his bones. how about the case of the journal i have the in yemen. he happened to find out that we did tomahawk cruise missile strike that killed women and children. they locked him up for that. the former president of yemen was going to let him go. he served years in prison, unjustly....
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himself from obama. he refused, but the campaign is raising money off of this attack. so clearly they are just kind of embracing it head on. >> i was a little skeptical book. but i wanted to share this section. it's him talking to reverend wright. >> so it appears that at least reverend wright is saying think things that are in the book based on the evidence we have so far. and yes, he did spent the 2008 campaign under a bus. michael sure tell me who joe ricketts is. >> he is the owner of the chicago cubs a guy who has given money this campaign cycle the maximum to mitt romney the maximum to gary johnson, and the maximum to ron paul but he is focused on ending spending which is exactly what his pac is. he said about this as you said that it was never a plan to be accepted, but only a suggestion for a direction to take. >> to me that seems like an admission. he is like yeah yeah i did it. and i just got caught oh well. >> that's exactly what it is. i don't know how you can back off of something that we se
himself from obama. he refused, but the campaign is raising money off of this attack. so clearly they are just kind of embracing it head on. >> i was a little skeptical book. but i wanted to share this section. it's him talking to reverend wright. >> so it appears that at least reverend wright is saying think things that are in the book based on the evidence we have so far. and yes, he did spent the 2008 campaign under a bus. michael sure tell me who joe ricketts is. >> he is...
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obama is a little bit better. he's not clintonian by any stretch of the imagination when he says, i feel your pain. but this format was better for him four years ago when mccain looked weird, he was walking in front of cameras, and obama was running against someone whose hair was on fire. now you have this opponent who is hedging his bets more than mccain was, so this is--it's very challenging for obama. >> eliot: barack obama needs to reclaim the simple mantle of hope and change. he went from being hope and change to the status quo. how does he communicate to the audience not only those in the auditorium but the 70 million or plus who are watching. that he has a plan for hope and change, none of which has come through with his communication in the public. >> this is my greatest problem with obama. if he cannot defend his record, how can he expect anybody else to. >> he needs to be proud of his record at the end of the day. i come home and let me tell you how well america is doing right now. no county apart from c
obama is a little bit better. he's not clintonian by any stretch of the imagination when he says, i feel your pain. but this format was better for him four years ago when mccain looked weird, he was walking in front of cameras, and obama was running against someone whose hair was on fire. now you have this opponent who is hedging his bets more than mccain was, so this is--it's very challenging for obama. >> eliot: barack obama needs to reclaim the simple mantle of hope and change. he went...
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more from president obama. >> obama: my opponent and his running mate are . . . new to foreign policy. after all you don't call russia our number one enemy. not al-qaeda russia unless you can still stuck in the cold war mind gap. >> i will break you. >> stephanie: and he would. >> i think he would -- well, not anymore. >> stephanie: romney and ryan have their eyes on the prize there. >> he was in the expenables too. >> that's true. >> stephanie: old body's tend to get doughy. not you. all right. more from the president last night. >> obama: they would spend more military hardware on hardware our chiefs don't even want i would use that money to put people back to work, rebuilding wars, and runways, because after two wars that have cost thousands of lives, and over $2 trillion it is time to do nation building right here at home. >> why is he so full of anger average. >> stephanie: he is so angry -- >> so hungry and so black. >> stephanie: wolf businesser during hurricane katrina. >> i got an email from somebody that said we look like kids passing notes in class. >>
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reelect obama. good morning, everybody, great to see you. it's monday october 22nd the day of the third and final presidential debate. hope you had a good weekend ready to tackle the stories of the day. welcome to the program, great to see you. remember you can find us on your local progressive talk radio station anywhere in this great land anywhere. you can find us on sirius xm this hour only. don't blame us blame them. and on current tv. so whether you are listening on the radio or watching television. we're glad to see you this morning. thank you for joining us. remember all kinds of way to join the conversation. go on twitter, at bp show and -- or on facebook facebook.com/billpressshow, and if you want to really get into it go to current.com and join the chat room. so we make it easy for you to president. interacttive indeed. on a monday morning. the whole gang is here. peter ogburn dan henning, and siprion bolling, our videographer extrordanaire. >> we are trained processionals. so we can do this. >> bill: right. i don't know about this
reelect obama. good morning, everybody, great to see you. it's monday october 22nd the day of the third and final presidential debate. hope you had a good weekend ready to tackle the stories of the day. welcome to the program, great to see you. remember you can find us on your local progressive talk radio station anywhere in this great land anywhere. you can find us on sirius xm this hour only. don't blame us blame them. and on current tv. so whether you are listening on the radio or watching...
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not if you are the obama campaign. the president has picked chicago's mccormick place convention senator for his indoor rally. it hosted a nato summit in may. the rally will hold the same designation. the president's victory speech took place in chicago. the obama campaign has not issued any official marks as to a rally would work. governor granholm recommended that we all visit a new website called romneytaxplan.com, you try to click on the plan but you can't because it moves around the page. that is considered a smash success. sec filings shows how much was given to each campaign. sheldon adelson chipped in $5 million. the dnc pledged not to take any corporate money, but it did about $5 million to rent the convention hall. president gore, watch the only truly experienced presidential debate coverage. [ quarterback ] set...hut! [ grunting ] [ crowd cheers ] [ male announcer ] clay matthews is turning the nfl upside-down. turn your world upside down with gillette fusion proglide because you can shave against the grain
not if you are the obama campaign. the president has picked chicago's mccormick place convention senator for his indoor rally. it hosted a nato summit in may. the rally will hold the same designation. the president's victory speech took place in chicago. the obama campaign has not issued any official marks as to a rally would work. governor granholm recommended that we all visit a new website called romneytaxplan.com, you try to click on the plan but you can't because it moves around the page....
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president obama is rattled on the defensive. he's running on empty and has nothing left but attacks and insults. with just 11 days ago before election day both camps feel the pressure. likely voters favored romney over the president by one point in a "abc news" washington post. and five points in in the latest gallup tracking poll. an american research poll showed the president with a two-point edge. we should know next week whether the singer meat loaf at a rally last night shift the balance of weight in that key state. a purple poll gave the president the one-point engine in cool and showed him tied with romney at 47-47 in virginia. the republican-leaning rasmussen gave obama a two-point lead over romney in florida. david axelrod still seems confident of a obama win leaving romney to place to go. in my view we have got the lead and the ball. the question is how does he change that now. maybe so, but the job numbers that come out the friday before the election still have the potential to change the dynamics in this very tight r
president obama is rattled on the defensive. he's running on empty and has nothing left but attacks and insults. with just 11 days ago before election day both camps feel the pressure. likely voters favored romney over the president by one point in a "abc news" washington post. and five points in in the latest gallup tracking poll. an american research poll showed the president with a two-point edge. we should know next week whether the singer meat loaf at a rally last night shift the...
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president obama. president obama understands women. he trusts women and on every single issue that matters to us, he stands with women. [ cheers and applause ] president obama insures that women's preventive care, including birth control too, will be covered by all healthcare plans with no copay no matter where we work. >> eliot: out of planned parenthood for the entire nation entities that have been under assault from the republican party at the national and state level defunding efforts around the nation. it became the centerpiece about the what we would call the republican war on women. it has turned into a broad issue. >> jennifer: the susan g. koman foundation decided not to continue a grant to planned parenthood. this became a battle whether planned parenthood should be funded or not not just by susan g. koman but around the country. one of the susan g. koman directors stepped down as a result of this. she wrote a book, apparently, which is about to come out called "planned bully hood" or something like that. a terrible title. sh
president obama. president obama understands women. he trusts women and on every single issue that matters to us, he stands with women. [ cheers and applause ] president obama insures that women's preventive care, including birth control too, will be covered by all healthcare plans with no copay no matter where we work. >> eliot: out of planned parenthood for the entire nation entities that have been under assault from the republican party at the national and state level defunding efforts...
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comas up under obama. he has come up under obama. so there's that, mitt. [ applause ] governor, the state isn't proud of you. you can't even compete in massachusetts. mittens talked about how proud he is in massachusetts. the feeling is not mutual. the president kind of having fun with the romnesia on the campaign trail. >> obama: if you talk about how much you love teaches during a debate but just a few weeks go, you said we shouldn't hire more because it wouldn't grow our economy, you might have romnesia. if you say you won't give a big tax cut to the wealthy but you're on a video promising your tax cut would include the top 1%, that sounds like a classic case of romnesia. >> stephanie: ray in texas. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi ray. >> caller: good morning. that was fast. i'm usually on hold for an hour and 18 minutes. i wanted to make three quick little points. first about third party -- the third party debates last night and i'm actually considering giving my vote to jill stein because my state is going to vote red
comas up under obama. he has come up under obama. so there's that, mitt. [ applause ] governor, the state isn't proud of you. you can't even compete in massachusetts. mittens talked about how proud he is in massachusetts. the feeling is not mutual. the president kind of having fun with the romnesia on the campaign trail. >> obama: if you talk about how much you love teaches during a debate but just a few weeks go, you said we shouldn't hire more because it wouldn't grow our economy, you...
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whether obama can pull this off? it's anyone's guess. romney does very a very good shot at taking it if the economy gets worse. >> eliot: in the pit of my stomach i'm worried in a sequence of months we'll have 80,000 jobs and the unemployment creeps to 8.3 or 8.4. and then romney who has been as devoid of ideas as anyone i'm ever seen. >> he has great hair. >> eliot: it creates great jealousy, but he has not brought forward a single idea. >> i don't know what you're talking about. you know all you have to do to get this economy going again is cut the red tape and get government off the back of small business and stop restricting wall street. let it work its magic just like it did four years ago. >> eliot: yeah, you and i should go back and reread the history. maybe mitt romney is a happier guy. >> that's where all the big ideas come from. >> eliot: i picked it up one time. it's too fat. >> the tiny pages. >> eliot: thomas frank, author of "pity the billionaire," ironic, don't forget. thank you for your time. >> sure thing. >> eliot: bank
whether obama can pull this off? it's anyone's guess. romney does very a very good shot at taking it if the economy gets worse. >> eliot: in the pit of my stomach i'm worried in a sequence of months we'll have 80,000 jobs and the unemployment creeps to 8.3 or 8.4. and then romney who has been as devoid of ideas as anyone i'm ever seen. >> he has great hair. >> eliot: it creates great jealousy, but he has not brought forward a single idea. >> i don't know what you're...
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that was some of the first big fight between president obama and eric cantor was that was when obama said -- >> jennifer: not really tax cuts but when it comes to tax cuts for business -- >> exactly. hey, look, because i'm an author in my spare time, i'm a small businessman. i got to learn a little bit about how you can use the tax code for things that are business expenses. they're legitimate. i.r.s. leave me alone. i'm very conservative but it is -- >> jennifer: you're writing off a portion of your house. >> exactly. it is another way that people with money who put a lot of these things -- i would save money anyway, i would have a nanny anyway, i would have healthcare but the government encourages me to do more of it. >> jennifer: it is a fascinating discussion. a really great discussion in a black and white world and very, it's being politicized like that. thank you so much for a great article and great book. appreciate having you. [ indiscernible ] side "the war room." michael grunwald. up next, few people know more about the inner workings of the united states supreme court than
that was some of the first big fight between president obama and eric cantor was that was when obama said -- >> jennifer: not really tax cuts but when it comes to tax cuts for business -- >> exactly. hey, look, because i'm an author in my spare time, i'm a small businessman. i got to learn a little bit about how you can use the tax code for things that are business expenses. they're legitimate. i.r.s. leave me alone. i'm very conservative but it is -- >> jennifer: you're...
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obama is back. he was back on that stage tonight. jim, you've seen it said you had never seen a debate where mitt romney had been fact checked by a moderator. he called that unprecedented. they're drawing a lot of attention to candy crowley fact checking mr. president obama said the libya attacks were an act of terror. he said he's not providing any specifics and when he does, according to axelrod romney is being outright dishonest. the romney campaign acknowledged that president obama was much more aggressive tonight but jim said romney won on content and in terms of likability with his tone and sununu, the former chief of staff essentially a romney surrogate of sorts he outright went after candy crowley in spin alley. what president obama said about libya was one of the most dishonest things sununu had ever heard and that it was not candy crowley's place to insert herself and he said that candy crowley was wrong. we've looked at the transcript from what president obama said in the rose garden and
obama is back. he was back on that stage tonight. jim, you've seen it said you had never seen a debate where mitt romney had been fact checked by a moderator. he called that unprecedented. they're drawing a lot of attention to candy crowley fact checking mr. president obama said the libya attacks were an act of terror. he said he's not providing any specifics and when he does, according to axelrod romney is being outright dishonest. the romney campaign acknowledged that president obama was much...
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this. >> obama: know romney said he had a five-point plan. governor romney does not have a five-point plan. he has an one-point paint. that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> cenk: boy did he nail it. we know that bankers play by a different set of rules when they deal with financial fraud. well, we don't look back, we look forward. and none of the top executives went to jail whether under bush or obama. that's one thing to get away with white white-collar crime. but this banker going to his home in connecticut after by his own admission he had been drinking throughout the day. >> it happened when william jennings arrived in a cab in front of his $3.5 million. he said the fare was $200. and normally it was $150 and he refused to pay. the cappy said he locked the doors and drove away with jennings in the cab. the cappy said he was looking for a police officer. and jennings pulled out a penknife. >> it required stitches, i know he was treated here by the local ems 12347 the police charged jennings wi
this. >> obama: know romney said he had a five-point plan. governor romney does not have a five-point plan. he has an one-point paint. that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> cenk: boy did he nail it. we know that bankers play by a different set of rules when they deal with financial fraud. well, we don't look back, we look forward. and none of the top executives went to jail whether under bush or obama. that's one thing to get away with...
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in ohio obama leading romney 49-44, and virginia obama leading romney 48-46. and then tied in colorado. very interesting to me that they all potentially in obama's grasp. >> it's really interesting ohio is talking to a lot of leading democrats back in washington, d.c. who are from ohio and they said because of the economic recovering, people are getting jobs. >> and mobilization is really going to be where it counts. it also tells you why they are being so nice to ron paul, because they don't want a third-party running. >> absolutely. but i think they are happy in ohio for obama because of the economic recovery and he gets credit for that. stay right here, you two. coming up, we has had his core his spine, and his guts all called into question, but there's no mistaking, mitt romney's other brain. we will introduce you to this election cycle's karl rove. and how the three ms of politics are playing out inside the dnc war room. make sure you hop on to your digital war room you can connect to us at current.com/thewarroom. [ male announcer ] this is corporate cate
in ohio obama leading romney 49-44, and virginia obama leading romney 48-46. and then tied in colorado. very interesting to me that they all potentially in obama's grasp. >> it's really interesting ohio is talking to a lot of leading democrats back in washington, d.c. who are from ohio and they said because of the economic recovering, people are getting jobs. >> and mobilization is really going to be where it counts. it also tells you why they are being so nice to ron paul, because...
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if barrett loses and obama was here, obama gets blamed. if barrett wins obama is probably not going to get much credit because people are going to say this is all about wisconsin and collective bargaining. >> all right. >> i know people don't like it but that's the political reality at the whitehouse. >> no. no. no. only inside the white house. okay? the political reality is, you go out and you fight and you win. okay? and the president showing up somewhere matters a ton. but inside the white house, it's oh, my god, we can only lose. oh, my god, what if we showed up and tom barrett lost, then the washington pun dits would say something bad about me. it's an attitude of a lose her. >> it's wisconsin want to go win this for themselves. >> that's a big part of that 32%, nearly a 30 of all voters said they are in aun union household up six % from last time. >> that's a big number for tom barrett the union households are coming out strong. i think that helps tom barrett as well. it indicates there is some chance walker might lose. for me, the e
if barrett loses and obama was here, obama gets blamed. if barrett wins obama is probably not going to get much credit because people are going to say this is all about wisconsin and collective bargaining. >> all right. >> i know people don't like it but that's the political reality at the whitehouse. >> no. no. no. only inside the white house. okay? the political reality is, you go out and you fight and you win. okay? and the president showing up somewhere matters a ton. but...
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president obama. over george w. bush and as president obama said in the debate, which was an oil man. romney keeps using that 14 pest figure. >> exactly. and why not. if you've got the 14% for one year why not use it? >> bill: because it's a lie. >> of course. but if you've got 14% in one year. >> bill: he says it is down 14% under obama. >> it is not true. and it is a fudge and it is obfuscation and it is very unfair. but that's what he's got. he kept doing this -- you know, sort of answer my question thing of asking a question, asking a question asking a question. by the way, this was a complete breach of the rules whereby it says in one subparagraph on its own, you may not direct a question to your opponent. it says you can't do that. and he wouldn't allow the president to answer the question in his own way. which the president eventually did do. >> bill: so the third thing coral, is according to mitt romney, there may have been some drilling on private lands but no drilling on federal lands so the
president obama. over george w. bush and as president obama said in the debate, which was an oil man. romney keeps using that 14 pest figure. >> exactly. and why not. if you've got the 14% for one year why not use it? >> bill: because it's a lie. >> of course. but if you've got 14% in one year. >> bill: he says it is down 14% under obama. >> it is not true. and it is a fudge and it is obfuscation and it is very unfair. but that's what he's got. he kept doing this...
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we're debating obama. >> reagan had a far worse economy than obama inherited. he said he was inheriting it and he said -- but he hasn't fixed it. >> wow. >> stephanie: wow. really reaching now, aren't you? >> they love to revise the reagan and -- as media matters has pointed out there is no comparison in terms of the economy because the fed could just change interest rates which they did, which basically fixed that economy. you know, the fed can't do anymore when you're at zero, you can't go any lower. also, the unemployment completely different story. what hannity never mentions, if you go back to -- we're going way back here. if you're going back to the closing months of the carter/reagan campaign, unemployment was going down under the last six months under jimmy carter. ronald reagan won and it skyrocketed back up. ronald reagan did not inherit climbing unemployment the way barack obama did. ronald reagan actually inherited unemployment on its way down. he got into office and it did a u-turn and it went back up. hannity -- and the reagan -- >> stephanie: exp
we're debating obama. >> reagan had a far worse economy than obama inherited. he said he was inheriting it and he said -- but he hasn't fixed it. >> wow. >> stephanie: wow. really reaching now, aren't you? >> they love to revise the reagan and -- as media matters has pointed out there is no comparison in terms of the economy because the fed could just change interest rates which they did, which basically fixed that economy. you know, the fed can't do anymore when you're...
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. >> cenk: the answer on why bruce springsteen warmed up to obama as well. and you're used to bankers getting away with financial crimes? now we have a bank who are may have gotten away with stabbing someone. >> here after dropping him off at his home things got ugly. >> jennings pulled out a penknife. >> i understand he required stitches. >> cenk: things will get ugly tonight. i'm going to rage about that. that's not even the elbow of the day. we have that coming up, too. that was a fun one. anyone know what time it is? you got that right, it's go time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: now you can see if i had obama behind me, oh, boy that can't be a good sign. that must mean that he's trailing and, indeed, he is. the gallup poll of likely voters 52%-45%. first don't believe the hype. gallup has been wildly off in the past. not just in this cycle especially when they do likely voters, they were also off in 2010. even when the republicans won big, they won close by seven points in 2010 when you take a look at the congressional races but gallup said they were going
. >> cenk: the answer on why bruce springsteen warmed up to obama as well. and you're used to bankers getting away with financial crimes? now we have a bank who are may have gotten away with stabbing someone. >> here after dropping him off at his home things got ugly. >> jennings pulled out a penknife. >> i understand he required stitches. >> cenk: things will get ugly tonight. i'm going to rage about that. that's not even the elbow of the day. we have that coming...